The Man Who Stands Tall by Dan Ames

Author:Dan Ames
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Slogan Books LLC

Chapter Twenty-Two

Jesus, she’d been a Feebie? And had her own security firm in New York?

I’m not going to lie – I was thoroughly smitten.

“Tell me again why you need me?”

Lauren Pauling, the beautiful green-eyed raspy-voiced woman of my dreams smiled politely. “I can read between the lines. Barbieri told me that you’ve been very effective a time or two finding missing women.”

“Really? She said something nice about me?”

That wasn’t the Paula Barbieri I knew. She’d been rejecting my advances for quite awhile.

“She did,” Pauling answered. “That’s what I need. Your local contacts, your informants, your knowledge of the usual suspects around here. If you’ll let me hire you, you can speed this process up. I need to find my sister as soon as possible. Barbieri made it sound like you’re a man who knows how to get things done. No bullshit.”

“But you’re not relying on me alone, right?” I asked. I’m not going to lie, I was flattered as hell. Barbieri was gorgeous, and now I had this older woman, Lauren Pauling, saying kind things about me.

“Of course not,” she said. “I’ve got other avenues to pursue while you’re hitting the streets.”

Seeing as how I’d just been looking at my calendar before this stunner of a woman walked in, I knew I was available but I also knew maybe I should play a little hard to get.

I’m only a man, of course.

So instead I said, “I can start right now.”

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